Dish treating appliance with a door opener
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorMariusz Stanislaw Drzazga
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Abstract
A dish treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening. A door is hingedly mounted to the cabinet for pivoting movement about a pivot axis between closed and opened positions to selectively close and open the access opening. A door opener includes a housing mounted to the cabinet and defining a pin opening facing the door. An opening pin is located within the housing and aligned with the pin opening. A lever is rotatably mounted to the housing to define a rotation axis and is selectively operably coupled to the opening pin. An actuator having a reciprocating shaft is connected to the lever.
Claims20
A dish treating appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening;
- a door hingedly mounted to the cabinet for pivoting movement about a pivot axis between closed and opened positions to selectively close and open the access opening;
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- a door opener comprising:
- a housing mounted to the cabinet and defining a pin opening facing the door;
- an opening pin located within the housing and aligned with the pin opening;
- a lever rotatably mounted to the housing to define a rotation axis, and selectively operably coupled to the opening pin at first and second connections to correspondingly define first and second lever arms of different lengths;
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- an actuator having a reciprocating shaft connected to the lever at a third connection to define a third lever arm.
A dish treating appliance having a door that pivotably moves about a pivot axis between closed and opened positions and a door opener for use with the door, the door opener comprising:
- a housing mounted to the dish treating appliance and defining a pin opening facing the door;
- an opening pin located within the housing and aligned with the pin opening;
- a lever rotatably mounted to the housing to define a rotation axis, and selectively operably coupled to the opening pin at first and second connections to correspondingly define first and second lever arms of different lengths;
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- an actuator having a reciprocating shaft connected to the lever at a third connection to define a third lever arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.